An examination of multiculturalism in East Asia using a transnational approach. The collection focuses in on Japan, Korea and Taiwan to examine key issues including policy, racial discourse, subjectivity and the implications for established ethic minority communities.

1. Rethinking Multiculturalism from a Trans-East Asian Perspective, Koichi Iwabuchi, Kim Hyun Mee, Hsiao-Chuan Hsia / Section 1: Multiculturalism Policy Discourse: Critical interrogation / 2. Korean Multiculturalism and its Discontents, Ji-Hyun Ahn / 3. Multicultural Taiwan: Policy developments and challenges, Li-Jung Wang / 4. Multicultural co-living (tabunka kyosei) in Japan: Localized engagement without multiculturalism, Koichi Iwabuchi / Section 2: Racialization of multicultural situations / 5. The Racialization of Multicultural Families by Media in a Multicultural Nation, Jung Hyesil / 6. Legislating Race and the Nation in Taiwan: How Immigration Laws Embodies the Dark Side in the Nation-building Process, Bruce Yuan-Hao Liao / 7. Intersecting Japanese Nationalism and Racism as Everyday Practices: Toward Constructing a Multiculturalist Japanese Society, Yuko Kawai / Section 3: Cultural politics of multicultural subject makings / 8. Can ‘multicultural soldiers’ serve the nation? The social debate about the military service management of mixed-race draftees in South Korea, Kim, Hyun Mee / 9. The Making of Multiculturalistic Subjectivity : The Case of Marriage Migrants' Empowerment in Taiwan, Hsiao-Chuan Hsia / 10. Historicizing Mixed-race Representations in Japan: From Politicization to Identity Formation, Sachiko Horiguchi and Yuki Imoto / Section 4: Multiculturalism and long-existing ethnic minorities / 11. Hwagyo under the Multiculturalism in South Korea: Residual Chinese or Emerging Transcultural Subject?, Hyunjoon Shin / 12. Multiculturalism and Indigenous Peoples: A Critical Review of the Experience in Taiwan, Kuan, Da-Wei / 13. Living in love and hate: Transforming representations and identities of Zainichi Koreans in contemporary Japan, Kohei Kawabata

The first book to use a transnational approach to explore multiculturalism in East Asia. Compares and contrasts between Japan, South Korea and Taiwan while also situating multiculturalism within a wider transnational context. Proposes future directions for multiculturalism in East Asia using this transnational approach.